Prime Minister: The first Autumn Fair - 2025 has become a festival of creative technology and arts and culture

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that the first Autumn Fair - 2025 has become a festival of creative technology and arts and culture, where the core value is affirmed: "Economic development must go hand in hand with cultural, social and human development". Not only stopping at commercial transactions, the Fair has created a multi-dimensional connection space, where modern technology blends with traditional cultural values.

On the evening of November 3, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and delivered a speech at the closing ceremony of the first Autumn Fair - 2025, held at the Vietnam Exhibition Center (Dong Anh commune, Hanoi ), and continued to call on the business community, people and soldiers nationwide to continue to accompany and join hands to support flood victims in the Central region.

Also attending were Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son - Head of the Fair Steering Committee; Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien; Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung; leaders of ministries, branches, provinces, cities and representatives of diplomatic and international agencies, domestic and foreign enterprises.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the closing ceremony of the first Autumn Fair - 2025

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that after 10 days of exciting, professional and inspiring activities, the first Autumn Fair was a good start, opening a new chapter for a series of national trade - investment - cultural promotion events of international stature in Vietnam in the new era.

True to the theme "Connecting People with Production and Business", the first Autumn Fair in 2025 is a forum for promoting trade and investment, a "real trading floor", where people are affirmed to be the center, the subject, the driving force and the resource of all production, business and consumption activities.

The fair attracted more than one million visitors; thousands of trade deals, contracts and memorandums of understanding on investment cooperation and technology transfer between domestic and foreign Vietnamese enterprises; with a commercial value of nearly VND5,000 billion.

Direct revenue at the Fair and through online channels increased by 40-45% compared to the average of national trade promotion events in recent years, thereby creating thousands of jobs for workers and livelihoods for people.

This has affirmed that the Fair is an effective channel to stimulate domestic consumption - an important driving force to promote production, import and export - an active method to renew "traditional growth drivers" - a dynamic bridge connecting international trade cooperation, creating momentum for the development of the domestic market in the digital age.

The Fair has become a festival of creative technology and art and culture, where the core value is affirmed: "Economic development must go hand in hand with cultural, social and human development". Not only stopping at commercial transactions, the Fair has created a multi-dimensional connecting space, where modern technology blends with traditional cultural values.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the closing ceremony - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

According to the Prime Minister, with 5 sub-zones, more than 3,000 booths, gathering more than 2,500 businesses, the Fair is a cross-Vietnam experience journey, a vivid picture of the vitality of Vietnamese goods, for a large number of visitors and people.

Each booth is a cultural piece, a unique story about the localities and people of Vietnam - a place that not only "shines" industrial products, high technology, green energy, modern, cultural and artistic products, unique regional products, but also a space for shopping and entertainment experiences full of fun and incentives, along with unique cultural and culinary festivals. Many Vietnamese products and brands are highly appreciated by international friends, opening up new export opportunities and gradually "covering" Vietnamese brands on the global trade map.

The Head of Government stated that the success of the first Autumn Fair in 2025 is an affirmation that the Vietnamese market is not only attractive in terms of scale and development speed, but also a safe, friendly, promising and attractive "destination" for domestic and international investors.

The fair is a symbol of the spirit of solidarity and common development aspirations of the entire Vietnamese people; clearly demonstrating the belief in a dynamic, creative and future-oriented Vietnam. This success comes from the Party's wise leadership and direction, the Government's decisive and flexible management, the participation of the entire political system, people and business community with the spirit of "Party leadership - State creation - Pioneering enterprises - Public and private cooperation - People's sympathy - International support" - a great source of strength to help Vietnam confidently rise up, integrate deeply and affirm its position in the international arena.

The Prime Minister proposed to organize a professional, modern, and effective annual Autumn Fair and urgently propose a plan to successfully organize the first Spring Fair - 2026.

On behalf of the Government, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh acknowledged, commended and highly appreciated the responsible, dedicated and creative participation of central and local ministries, branches, the business community, people nationwide and international organizations and friends - those who joined hands to make the first Autumn Fair in 2025 a success - an economic and cultural festival rich in identity, connecting Vietnam with the world in the spirit of cooperation and development.

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  Honoring 30 outstanding exhibition booths at the first Autumn Fair in 2025

At the same time, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully thanked the whole community for their generosity and sharing with people in flood-hit areas, with the spirit of "production and business development always goes hand in hand with social responsibility". This spirit of humanity is the most beautiful expression of the precious tradition of "national love and compatriotism" of our nation, the foundation and endogenous strength for us to go further and more firmly on the path of development.

According to the Prime Minister, in recent days, people in the Central provinces of our country have had to struggle to cope with natural disasters, storms and floods, causing very heavy losses in human lives and property; in the near future, they will continue to deal with storm No. 13, which is strengthening in the East Sea. With the tradition of "mutual love and affection", "national love and compatriotism" and the spirit of "whoever has something helps, whoever has merit helps merit, whoever has property helps property, whoever has a lot helps a lot, whoever has a little helps a little, wherever there is convenience, help there", the Prime Minister continued to call on the business community, people and soldiers nationwide to continue to accompany, join hands to support, share losses, and give more motivation for people in areas of natural disasters and storms and floods to be resilient and steadfast in the face of difficulties, soon stabilize their lives and restore production and business.

According to the Prime Minister, the first Autumn Fair in 2025 ended with impressive numbers, inspiring, creating motivation and positive spillover effects. To continue promoting the achieved results, the Prime Minister suggested that on the basis of the results of this Fair, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proactively build a model for organizing a professional, modern, and effective annual Autumn Fair and urgently propose a plan to successfully organize the first Spring Fair in 2026.

Ministries, branches, agencies, units and localities promote opportunities, commitments and agreements formed at the Fair; transform trade results into specific, practical and effective projects and products for people's lives and the country's socio-economic development.

Industry associations and the business community continue to innovate their thinking and make efforts in production and business to affirm the value of Vietnamese brands, contributing to the country's socio-economic development while demonstrating responsibility to the community, especially providing timely and practical support to people in areas affected by natural disasters and floods.

Art performance at the Closing Ceremony

Art performance at the Closing Ceremony

International partners and organizations continue to accompany Vietnam in trade cooperation, investment, technology transfer, human resource training, green development, digital development and sustainable development; together expanding the space for cooperation, for peace, prosperity and common development around the world.

"Let us all join hands and unite, together connecting love with love, connecting people with people, connecting people with economy, society and culture so that we can all enjoy this wonderful connection in a warm, humane, humane and effective, practical way; contributing to spreading Vietnamese values ​​in the international community," said the Prime Minister.

According to the Prime Minister, with the successes and sharing of love, we believe that the cooperative connections, creative ideas and products bearing the Vietnamese mark will continue to be nurtured and expanded - becoming new resources for the growth and integration of our country. The success of the Fair not only marks an economic - cultural and sharing event, but is also the premise, opening a new journey - a journey of connecting, lighting up and strongly spreading the spirit of innovation, cooperation and development, realizing the aspiration of a strong, prosperous, civilized and happy Vietnam in the new era.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/thu-tuong-hoi-cho-mua-thu-lan-thu-nhat-2025-da-tro-thanh-le-hoi-cua-cong-nghe-sang-tao-va-van-hoa-nghe-thuat-20251103215925385.htm